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First 802.11n Products Breaking Out
capt turnpike writes "If you're hooked up to a fat pipe, but want mobility, it looks like the new 802.11n standard might have some promise. eWEEK.com got their hands on some of the upcoming products and put the new devices through their paces." From the article: "The 802.11n task group is aware of the current draft's issues with legacy wireless LAN devices (specifically with how 802.11n shares bandwidth with attached legacy clients), and representatives from Cisco and Motorola broke off to look into the issues before the next meeting of the draft subcommittee, which is scheduled for May. Expectations vary widely, depending on whom you talk to. In previous conversations with Dave Borison, Airgo's director of product marketing, we leaned that Airgo is not making chip sets based on the draft standard because the company thinks the issue of legacy interoperability is significant enough to necessitate small modifications to the silicon."
If you're hooked up to a fat pipe, but want mobility I was under the impression that immobility was the desired effect of a fat pipe...
Given the subject matter about compliance with standards and syntax I'd say that the parent is surprisingly ontopic.
The ever obligatory...
Great, I just bought X type product and now they come out with something newer to screw us into spending more money. Someone wake me when they stop this nonsense so I can buy one last product and die in peace!
You serious? You know there are other reasons for routers besides linking one computer to the net through a DSL connection. Internet speed is but one of many concerns when purchasing a router. Some of us use multiple computers and move multi gigabyte files between the computers. Try doing that with an "11mb" 802.11b connection... Then try it with 54mb 802.11g, then try it with a 100mb wire or even 1gb wire... Instead of hours to move so mething from room to room, it takes a couple minutes. That's why it's so important for a 802.11n to be cross compatible.
If I'm sitting in my car outside of someone's house I want to be able to get all of their mp3's before they notice I'm sitting their with my laptop. As it is now, 54mb/s takes WAY TO LONG to download an mp3 collection from an unsecured network.
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